ลิ่น

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *lilᴮ (“pangolin”).[1]

Cognate with Lao ລິ່ນ (lin), Northern Thai ᩃᩥ᩠᩵ᨶ, Khün ᩃᩥ᩠᩵ᨶ, Lü ᦟᦲᧃᧈ (liin¹), Shan လိၼ်ႈ (līn), Zhuang linh.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicลิ่น
l i ˋ n
RomanizationPaiboonlîn
Royal Institutelin
(standard) IPA(key)/lin˥˩/(R)

Noun

ลิ่น • (lîn) (classifier ตัว)

  1. (ตัว~) (zoology) pangolin.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 327
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